[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, thank You 
for the gift of another day. Because of You, we live and breathe and 
have our being, and we would not take the gift of our heartbeats for 
granted.
  Guide our Senators in their labors. Give them the grace to work 
together in the strategic mix that is our legislative process. Make 
them such models of integrity that their actions will match their 
words. Help them to resist the tendency to rely too much on their own 
wisdom, as they permit You to lead them to truth. Grant that their 
lives this day will be infused with Your presence, love, wisdom, and 
power.
  We pray in the Redeemer's Name. Amen.

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